Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink data in wireless communication system

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink (UL) data in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving configuration information for a grant-free UL transmission, the configuration information including information on a number of repetitive transmissions and period information; identifying a plurality of resources for the repetitive transmissions in a period based on the configuration information; identifying a resource for an initial transmission of the UL data based on a value of a redundancy version (RV) associated with the resource; and performing the initial transmission of the UL data on the identified resource. A number of former resources F are capable of being used for the initial transmission of the UL data among the plurality of resources for the repetitive transmissions. The number of the former resources F is determined based on the number of the repetitive transmissions.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/209,449, which was filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office onDec. 4, 2018, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Korean PatentApplication Nos. 10-2017-0165445 and 10-2018-0004009, which were filedin the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Dec. 4, 2017 and Jan. 11,2018, respectively, the entire disclosure of each of which isincorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The present disclosure relates generally to a wireless communicationsystem and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for transmittinguplink (UL) data in the communication system.

2. Description of Related Art

To meet the demand for wireless data traffic, which has increased sincedeployment of 4^(th) generation (4G) communication systems, efforts havebeen made to develop an improved 5¹¹ generation (5G) or pre-5Gcommunication system. The 5G or pre-5G communication system may also becalled a ‘beyond 4G network’ or a ‘post long term evolution (LTE)system’. The 5G communication system is considered to be implemented inhigher frequency (mmWave) bands, e.g., 60 GHz bands, in order toaccomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radiowaves and increase a transmission distance, beamforming, massivemultiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO),array antenna, an analog beam forming, and large scale antennatechniques are being discussed for use in 5G communication systems.

In addition, in 5G communication systems, development for system networkimprovement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud radioaccess networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D)communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperativecommunication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP), reception-endinterference cancellation, etc.

In the 5G system, hybrid frequency shift keying (FSK) and quadratureamplitude modulation (QAM) (FQAM) and sliding window superpositioncoding (SWSC) have been developed for advanced coding modulation (ACM),and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) have been developed asadvanced access technologies.

The Internet is now evolving to the Internet of things (IoT), in whichdistributed entities, i.e., things, exchange and process informationwithout human intervention.

The Internet of everything (IoE), which is a combination of the IoTtechnology and big data processing technology through a connection witha cloud server, has also emerged.

As technology elements, such as a “sensing technology”, a“wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure”, a “serviceinterface technology”, and a “Security technology” have been demandedfor IoT implementation, a sensor network, machine-to-machine (M2M)communication, machine type communication (MTC), etc., have beenrecently researched. Such an IoT environment may provide intelligentInternet technology services that creates new services and values bycollecting and analyzing data generated among connected things. IoT maybe applied to a variety of fields including a smart home, a smartbuilding, a smart city, a smart car, connected cars, a smart grid, ahealth care, smart appliances, and advanced medical services throughconvergence and combination between existing information technology (IT)and various industrial applications.

Accordingly, various attempts have been made to apply 5G communicationsystems to IoT networks. For example, technologies such as a sensornetwork, MTC, and M2M communication may be implemented by beamforming,MIMO, and array antennas. Application of a cloud RAN as theabove-described big data processing technology may be another example ofthe convergence between 5G technology and IoT technology.

However, in order to support various 5G technology-based services, thereis a need for an efficient UL control channel transmission resourceconfiguration method and apparatus.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure has been made to address the above-mentionedproblems and disadvantages, and to provide at least the advantagesdescribed below.

More specifically, the present disclosure has been conceived to supportthe aforementioned various services in a next generation mobilecommunication system and aims to provide a method and apparatus for aterminal to perform UL data transmission without receiving separate ULscheduling information.

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a method isprovided for transmitting UL data in a wireless communication system.The method includes receiving configuration information for a grant-freeUL transmission, the configuration information including information ona number of repetitive transmissions and period information; identifyinga plurality of resources for the repetitive transmissions in a periodbased on the configuration information; identifying a resource for aninitial transmission of the UL data based on a value of a redundancyversion (RV) associated with the resource; and performing the initialtransmission of the UL data on the identified resource. A number offormer resources F are capable of being used for the initialtransmission of the UL data among the plurality of resources for therepetitive transmissions. The number of the former resources F isdetermined based on the number of the repetitive transmissions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certainembodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a basic time-frequency resource structure fortransmitting downlink (DL) data or control channels in an LTE system;

FIG. 2 illustrates a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and anenhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) as DL physical channels carrying downlinkcontrol information (DCI) in an LTE system;

FIG. 3 illustrates a DL control channel;

FIG. 4 illustrates a control resource set (CORESET) for transmitting DLcontrol channels in a 5G wireless communication system according to anembodiment;

FIG. 5 illustrates a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format foruse in a 5G wireless communication system according to an embodiment;

FIGS. 6A and 6B illustrate UL transmissions in a second UL transmissionscheme according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second UL transmission method of abase station according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a second UL signal transmissionresource and repetitive transmission resource configuration method of auser equipment (UE) according to an embodiment;

FIG. 9 illustrates a BS according to an embodiment; and

FIG. 10 illustrates a UE according to an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the followingdescription, specific details such as detailed configuration andcomponents are merely provided to assist the overall understanding ofthese embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, it should beapparent to those skilled in the art that various changes andmodifications of the embodiments described herein can be made withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. Inaddition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions areomitted for clarity and conciseness.

Some elements are exaggerated, omitted, or simplified in the drawingsand, in practice, the elements may have sizes and/or shapes differentfrom those shown in the drawings.

Throughout the drawings, the same or equivalent parts may be indicatedby the same reference numbers.

Each block of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, and combinations ofblocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, can be implemented bycomputer program instructions. These computer program instructions maybe provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, specialpurpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, suchthat the instructions that are executed via the processor of thecomputer or other programmable data processing apparatus create meansfor implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowcharts and/orblock diagrams. These computer program instructions may also be storedin a non-transitory computer-readable memory that can direct a computeror other programmable data processing apparatus to function in aparticular manner, such that the instructions stored in thenon-transitory computer-readable memory produce articles of manufactureembedding instructions that implement the function/act specified in theflowcharts and/or block diagrams. The computer program instructions mayalso be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processingapparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on thecomputer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computerimplemented process such that the instructions that are executed on thecomputer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementingthe functions/acts specified in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams.

Further, block diagrams may illustrate parts of modules, segments, orcodes including at least one or more executable instructions forperforming specific logic function(s). However, the functions of theblocks may be performed in a different order in several modifications.For example, two successive blocks may be performed substantially at thesame time, or may be performed in reverse order according to theirfunctions.

Herein, the term “module” may refer to a software or hardware component,such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC), which performs certain tasks. Amodule may advantageously be configured to reside on the addressablestorage medium and configured to be executed on one or more processors.Thus, a module may include, by way of example, components, such assoftware components, object-oriented software components, classcomponents and task components, processes, functions, attributes,procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware,microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays,and variables. The functionalities of the components and modules may becombined into fewer components and modules or further separated intomore components and modules. In addition, the components and modules maybe implemented such that they execute one or more central processingunits (CPUs) in a device or a secure multimedia card.

The mobile communication system has evolved to a high-speed,high-quality packet data communication system (such as high speed packetaccess (HSPA), LTE (or evolved universal terrestrial radio access(E-UTRA)), and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) as defined in 3^(rd) GenerationPartnership Project (3GPP), high rate packet data (HRPD) as defined in3^(rd) Generation Partnership Project-2 (3GPP2), and 802.16e defined bythe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)) capable ofproviding data and multimedia services beyond the early voice-orientedservices.

An LTE system, as one of the representative broadband wirelesscommunication systems, uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) in the DL and single carrier frequency division multiple access(SC-FDMA) in the UL.

Herein, the term “uplink” or “UL” denotes a radio transmission path froma terminal (e.g., a UE or mobile station (MS)) to a BS (or an evolvednode B (eNB)), and the term “downlink” or “DL” denotes a radiotransmission path from a BS to a terminal.

Such multiple access schemes are characterized by allocatingtime-frequency resources for transmitting user-specific data and controlinformation without overlapping each other, i.e., maintainingorthogonality, in order to distinguish among user-specific data andcontrol information.

As a next generation communication system after LTE, a 5G communicationsystem should be designed to meet various requirements of servicesdemanded by users and service providers. The services supported by 5Gsystems may be categorized into three categories: enhanced mobilebroadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications (mMTC), andultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC).

The eMBB is intended to provide exceptionally high data rate incomparison with those supported by the legacy LTE, LTE-A, and LTE-A Pro.For example, the eMBB is intended to increase a peak data rate up to 20Gbps in a DL and 10 Gbps in a UL per BS, while also increasing theuser-perceived data rate. In order to meet such requirements, signaltransmission/reception technologies including a MIMO technique should beimproved. The data rate requirements for the 5G communication systemsmay be met by use of a frequency bandwidth broader than 20 MHz in thefrequency band of 3 to 6 GHz or above 6 GHz instead of the current LTEband of 2 GHz.

The mMTC is intended to support application services for IoT. In orderto provide mMTC-based IoT application services effectively, massiveaccess resources for terminals should be secured within a cell, terminalcoverage and battery life span should be improved, and devicemanufacturing cost should be reduced. The IoT services should bedesigned to support a large number of terminals (e.g., 1,000,000terminals/km²) within a cell in consideration by the nature of the IoTterminals that are attached to various sensors and devices for providinga communication function. By the nature of the IoT services, the mMTCterminals are likely to be located in coverage holes, such as basements,which require broader coverage in comparison with other services beingsupported in the 5G communication system. The mMTC terminals that arecharacterized by their low prices and battery replacement difficultyshould be designed to have very long battery lifetime.

The URLLC is targeted for mission-critical cellular-based communicationservices such as remote robots and machinery control, industrialautomation, unmanned aerial vehicles, remote health care, and emergencyalert services that require ultra-low latency and ultra-highreliability. Accordingly, a URLL service requires ultra-low latency andultra-high reliability. For example, a URLLC service should meet therequirements of air-interface latency lower than 0.5 ms and packet errorrate less than or equal to 10⁻⁵. In this respect, in order to supportthe URLLC services, the 5G system should support transmit time intervals(TTI) shorter than those of other services and assign broad resources inthe frequency band. Accordingly, the 5G system should support a shortTTI for the URLLC, which is shorter than those for other services, andallocate broad resources in a frequency band to secure reliability ofthe communication link.

These three categories of services (i.e., eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC) may bemultiplexed into one system. In order to meet the differentservice-specific requirements, the different categories of services maybe transmitted/received with different transmission/reception schemesand parameters.

FIG. 1 illustrates a basic time-frequency resource structure fortransmitting DL data or control channels in an LTE system.

Referring to FIG. 1, the horizontal axis denotes time, and the verticalaxis denotes frequency. The smallest transmission unit in the timedomain is an OFDM symbol, and N_(symb) OFDM symbols 101 form a slot 102,and 2 slots form a subframe 103. Each slot spans 0.5 ms, and eachsubframe spans 1.0 ms. A radio frame 104 is a time unit consisting of 10subframes.

In the frequency domain, the smallest transmission unit is a subcarrier,and the total system transmission bandwidth consists of N_(SC) ^(BW)subcarriers 105. In the time-frequency resource structure, the basicresource unit is a resource element (RE) 106 indicated by an OFDM symbolindex and a subcarrier index.

A resource block (RB) or physical resource block (PRB) 107 is defined byN_(symb) consecutive OFDM symbols 101 in the time domain and N_(SC)^(RB) consecutive subcarriers 108 in the frequency domain. That is, oneRB 108 consists of N_(symb)×N_(SCs) ^(RB) REs 106. Typically, the RB isthe smallest data transmission unit. In the LTE system, N_(symb)=7,N_(SC) ^(RB)=12, and N_(SC) ^(BW) is proportional to the systemtransmission bandwidth.

In the LTE system, the DL or UL data scheduling information istransmitted from an eNB to a UE using via DCI. The DCI may becategorized into different DCI formats depending on the purpose thereof,e.g., indicating UL grant for UL data scheduling or DL grant for DL datascheduling, indicating usage for control information that is small insize, indicating whether multiple antenna-based spatial multiplexing isapplied, or indicating usage for power control. For example, the DCIformat 1 for DL grant is configured to include at least the followinginformation:

-   -   Resource allocation type 0/1 flag: Resource allocation type 0/1        flag indicates whether the resource allocation scheme is Type 0        or Type 1. A Type-0 is for allocating resources in units of a        resource block group (RBG) by applying a bitmap scheme. In the        LTE system, the basic unit of scheduling may be an RB that is        expressed by time-frequency domain resources, and the RBG may        include multiple RBs and may be the basic unit of scheduling in        the Type-0 scheme. A Type-1 is for allocating a particular RB in        an RBG.    -   Resource block assignment: Resource block assignment indicates        an RB allocated for data transmission. The resources may be        determined depending on the system bandwidth and the resource        allocation scheme.    -   Modulation and coding scheme (MCS): MCS indicates a modulation        scheme used for data transmission and a size of a transport        block to be transmitted.    -   Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number: A HARQ        process number indicates a process number of HARQ.    -   New data indicator: A new data indicator indicates whether the        HARQ transmission is an initial transmission or a        retransmission.    -   Redundancy version (RV): A redundancy version indicates a        redundancy version of HARQ.    -   Transmit power control (TPC) command for PUCCH: A TPC command        for a PUCCH indicates a power control command for a PUCCH that        is a UL control channel.

The DCI may be transmitted over a PDCCH or an EPDCCH after undergoing achannel coding and modulation process.

The DCI message payload is followed by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)that is scrambled with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) usedas a UE identity. The RNTI differs according to the purpose of the DCImessage, e.g., UE-specific data transmission, power control command, andrandom access response. That is, the RNTI is not transmitted explicitly,but is implicitly encoded in the CRC.

Upon receipt of a DCI message on the PDCCH, the UE performs a CRC testwith the assigned RNTI and recognizes, if the CRC test passes, that thecorresponding message is transmitted to the UE. Herein, the expression“PDCCH or EPDCCH transmission/reception” may be interchangeably referredto as “DCI transmission/reception on a PDCCH or an EPDCCH”. Such atechnology may also be applied to other channels.

FIG. 2 illustrates a PDCCH and an EPDCCH as DL physical channelscarrying a DCI in an LTE system.

Referring to FIG. 2, a PDCCH 201 is time-division-multiplexed (TDMed)with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) 203 as a data channeland spread across the whole system bandwidth. The control region fortransmitting the PDCCH 201 can be expressed by a number of OFDM symbols,which is indicated by a control format indicator (CFI) being transmittedin physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) to the UE. ThePDCCH 201 is mapped to a few OFDM symbols at the beginning of thesubframe, such that the UE promptly decodes the DL schedulinginformation for use in decoding a DL shared channel (DL-SCH) withoutdelay, thereby reducing DL transmission delay.

Assuming that a PDCCH conveys one DCI message, multiple UEs PDCCHs maybe transmitted per cell when multiple UEs are scheduled in a DL and anUL. As a reference signal (RS) for decoding the PDCCH 201, acell-specific reference signal (CRS) 204 is used. The CRS 204 is spreadacross the whole system bandwidth and transmitted in every subframe withdifferent scrambling and resource mapping determined according to thecell identifier (ID). The CRS 204 cannot be beamformed in a UE-specificmanner because it is a common reference signal used by all of the UEslocated within the cell. Accordingly, the multi-antenna transmission ofLTE PDCCH is limited to open-loop transmit diversity. The number of CRSantenna ports (hereinafter, interchangeably referred to as “ports”) isimplicitly notified to the UE via physical broadcast channel (PBCH)decoding.

Resource allocation for the PDCCH 201 is performed based on acontrol-channel element (CCE). One CCE consists of 9 resource elementgroups (REGs), i.e., 36 resource elements (REs). The PDCCH 201 may betransmitted on 1, 2, 4, or 8 CCEs, and the number of CCEs is determineddepending on the channel coding rate of the DCI message payload.Different numbers of CCEs are used to achieve link adaptation of thePDCCH 201.

A UE detects the PDCCH 201 without information thereon through blinddecoding. In LTE, blind decoding is performed within a search spacedetermining a set of CCEs. The search space is a group of CCEs indicatedby an aggregation level (AL), which is implicitly determined based on afunction of the UE identity and a subframe number, rather thanexplicitly signaled. The UE performs blind decoding on all possibleresource candidates available with the CCEs within the search space inorder to decode the PDCCH 201 and processes the information verified asvalid for the UE through a CRC test.

There are two types of search space: 1) a UE-specific search space, and2) a common search space. A group of UEs or all UEs may monitor thecommon search space of the PDCCH 201 in order to receive cell-specificcontrol information, such as dynamic scheduling for system informationand a paging message. For example, the UE may receive DL-SCH schedulingassignment information for transmitting a system information block-1(SIB-1) including operator information of the cell by decoding thecommon search space of the PDCCH 201.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, an EPDCCH 202 is multiplexed with a PDSCH 203in frequency. The eNB may allocate resources for the EPDCCH 202 and thePDSCH 203 appropriately through scheduling in order to effectivelysupport coexistence of the EPDCCH 202 with the data transmission to alegacy LTE UE. However, a problem arises in that the EPDCCH 202 spanningone subframe contributes to transmission delay. Multiple EPDCCHs 202 mayconstitute an EPDCCH set for which resources are allocated by a PRBpair. The EPDCCH set location is configured in a UE-specific manner, andthe EPDCCH set location information is transmitted via radio resourcecontrol (RRC) signaling. A UE may be assigned up to two EPDCCH sets, andone of the EPDCCH sets may be multiplexed with those of other UEs.

The resource allocation for the EPDCCH 202 is performed based onenhanced CCE (ECCE). One ECCE consists of 4 or 8 enhanced REGs (EREGs),and the number of EREGs per ECCE is determined depending on the cyclicprefix (CP) length and subframe configuration information. As one EREGconsists of 9 REs, there may be up to 16 EREGs per PRB pair.

There are two different ways of transmitting the EPDCCHs according tothe mapping scheme of EREGs to REs: localized or distributed. There are6 possible ECCE aggregation levels (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32) of which oneis selected based on the CP length, subframe configuration, EPDCCHformat, and transmission scheme.

The EPDCCH 202 is transmitted only in the UE-specific search space.Accordingly, the UE monitors the common search spaces for the PDCCH 201to receive the system information.

The EPDCCH 202 carries a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) 205. TheeNB may perform precoding on the EPDCCH 202 and use UE-specificbeamforming. Without notice of the precoding in use for EPDCCH 202, theUEs may decode the EPDCCH 202. The EPDCCH 202 is configured with thesame DMRS pattern as in use for PDSCH 203. However, the DMRS 205 maysupport up to 4 antenna ports in the EPDCCH 202, unlike in the PDSCH203. The DMRS 205 may be transmitted only in a PRB to which the EPDCCHis mapped.

The port configuration information of the DMRS 205 differs depending onthe EPDCCH transmission mode. In the localized transmission mode, theantenna ports corresponding to the ECCEs to which the EPDCCH 202 aremapped are selected based on the UE ID. When the same ECCEs are sharedby multiple UEs, i.e., multiuser MIMO is used for transmission, the DMRSantenna ports may be assigned for the respective UEs. The DMRS 205 mayalso be transmitted in a shared manner and, in this case, the DMRS maybe identified by a DMRS scrambling sequence configured via high layersignaling. In the distributed transmission mode, it is possible tosupport up to two antenna ports for the DMRS 205 and a precodercycling-based diversity scheme. The DMRS 205 mapped to the REs withinthe same PRB pair may be shared.

FIG. 3 illustrates a DL control channel. Specifically, FIG. 3illustrates a basic unit of time and frequency resources for a DLcontrol channel in a 5G system.

Referring to FIG. 3, a basic unit of time and frequency resources for acontrol channel may be referred to as resource element group (REG) ornew radio REG (NR-REG). The NR-REG 303 is made up of one OFDM symbol 301in time domain and 12 subcarriers 302, i.e., one RB, in the frequencydomain. By assuming one OFDM symbol as a basic unit of control channelresources in the time domain, it may be possible to multiplex data andcontrol channels in one subframe.

The control channel is followed by the data channel to reduce theprocessing time at a UE, in order to meet the latency requirement. Byusing 1 RB 302 as the basic unit of control channel resources in thefrequency domain, it may be possible to facilitate multiplexing thecontrol and data channels in frequency.

By concatenating multiple the NR-REGs 303, various control channelregions may be configured with different sizes. For example, assumingthat the basic unit of DL control channel resource allocation is anNR-CCE 304 in 5G, the NR-CCE 304 may be made up of a plurality ofNR-REGs 303. For example, the NR-REG 303 is made up of 12 REs and,assuming that one NR-CCE 304 consists of 4 NR-REGs 303, the CCE 304consists of 48 REs. If the DL control region is configured, the controlregion may consist of multiple NR-CCEs 304, and a certain DL controlchannel may be mapped to one or more NR-CCEs 304 according to the AL inthe control region. The NR-CCEs 304 constituting the control region aredistinguished by CCE numbers, which are assigned in a way of logicalmapping.

The basic unit of DL control channel resources, i.e., NR-REGs 303,illustrated in FIG. 3 may include REs to which a DCI is mapped and REsto which the DMRS 305, as a reference signal for use in decoding theDCI, is mapped. The DMRS 305 may be efficiently transmitted inconsideration of the overhead caused by RS allocation. For example, whenthe DL control channel is transmitted using a plurality OFDM symbols,the DMRS 305 may be transmitted only at the first OFDM symbol. The DMRS405 may be mapped in consideration of the number of antenna ports in usefor transmitting the DL control channel. For example, FIG. 3 illustratestwo antenna ports in use, such that the DMRS 306 and DMRS 307 may betransmitted for antenna port #0 and antenna port #1, respectively.

The DMRSs for different antenna ports may be multiplexed in variousmanners. FIG. 3 illustrates the DMRSs for different antenna ports beingmapped to different REs for maintaining orthogonality. The DMRSs may befrequency-division-multiplexed (FDMed) as illustrated in FIG. 3, orcode-division multiplexed (CDMed).

The DMRS may be configured in various DMRS patterns in association withthe number of antenna ports.

In the following description of the present disclosure, although it isassumed that two antenna ports are used, the present disclosure may beapplied to more than two antenna ports.

FIG. 4 illustrates a CORESET for transmitting DL control channels in a5G wireless communication system according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, a resource grid spans a system bandwidth 410 in thefrequency domain and 1 slot 420 in the time domain. Although FIG. 4illustrates a slot of 7 OFDM symbols, the same principle is applicableto a slot consisting of 14 OFDM symbols.

The whole system bandwidth 410 is divided into one or more bandwidthparts (BWPs), i.e., BWP #1 402, BWP #2 403, BWP #3 404, and BWP #4 405.It may also be possible to configure a BWP corresponding to multipleBWPs like BWP #5 406.

In FIG. 4, two CORESETs (i.e., CORESET #1 440 and CORESET #2 450) areconfigured. The CORESETs 440 and 450 may be configured to occupyspecific sub-bands across the whole system bandwidth 410.

In FIG. 4, the CORESET #1 440 is configured across two BWPs, i.e., BWP#1 402 and BWP #2 403, while the CORESET #2 450 is configured with oneBWP, i.e., BWP #4 405. A CORESET may span one or more OFDM symbols inthe time domain and its length (or control resource set duration) isspecified by a number of OFDM symbols as denoted by reference numbers460 and 470.

In FIG. 4, the CORESET length 460 of the CORESET #1 440 is 2 symbols,and the CORESET length #2 470 of the CORESET #2 450 is 1 symbol.

In a 5G system, multiple CORESETs may be configured in view of a BS orin view of a terminal. It may also be possible to assign a part of theCORESETs configured in the system. Accordingly, a UE may not know all ofthe CORESETs configured in the system. Assuming that two CORESETs, i.e.,CORESET #1 440 and CORESET #2 450, can be configured in the system asillustrated in FIG. 4, it may be possible to configure CORESET 440 forUE #1 and CORESET #1 440 and CORESET #2 450 for UE #2.

In the 5G system, a CORESET may be configured as one of common CORESET,a UE-group common CORESET, or a UE-specific CORESET. CORESET may beconfigured per UE via U-specific signaling. UE-group common signaling,or RRC signaling. If a CORESET is configured to a UE, the information onthe CORESET location, CORESET sub-bands, CORESET resource allocation,and CORESET length is provided to the UE. The CORESET configurationinformation provided to the UE may include the information in Table 1below.

TABLE 1 Configuration information 1. RB allocation in frequency domainConfiguration information 2. CORESET length in time domain (a number ofOFDM symbols configured for CORESET) Configuration information 3.Resource mapping scheme (time-preference mapping, frequency-preferencemapping) Configuration information 4. Resource mapping scheme (localizedtransmission scheme, or distributed transmission scheme) Configurationinformation 5. Search space type (common search space, UE-group searchspace, or UE-specific search space) Configuration information 6.Monitoring occasion (monitoring period/interval, or monitoring symbollocation in a slot) Configuration information 7. DMRS configurationinformation (DMRS structure, or number of DMRS ports) Configurationinformation 8. REG bundling size

The CORESET configuration information may further include otherinformation for transmitting the DL control channel in addition to theaforementioned information.

FIG. 5 illustrates a PUCCH format for use in a 5G wireless communicationsystem according to an embodiment.

Although FIG. 5 is directed to a scenario in which the UE determines thetransmission period (or start and end symbol locations or start symbollocation and number of symbols for transmission) of a long PUCCH fortransmitting PUCCHs on the basis of a slot, the UE may also determinethe transmission period of a long PUCCH for transmitting PUCCHs on thebasis of a mini-slot (e.g., composed of less symbols than one slot).

Herein, a PUCCH having a short transmission period (e.g., one or twosymbols) for minimizing transmission delay is referred to as “a shortPUCCH,” and a PUCCH having a long transmission period (e.g., 4 or moresymbols) for securing sufficient cell coverage is referred to as “a longPUCCH.”

Although FIG. 5 is described with a slot as the basic unit of signaltransmission, it may also be possible to use a different unit, such as asubframe or a TTI.

Referring to FIG. 5, a long PUCCH and a short PUCCH are FDMed as denotedby reference number 500 and TDMed as denoted by reference number 501.

Reference numbers 520 and 521 denote slots, each composed mainly of ULsymbols, i.e., a UL-centric slot. The UL-centric slot is mainly composedof UL OFDM symbols and, in one UL-centric slot, it may be possible thatthe OFDM symbols constituting the slot are all the UL OFDM symbols ormainly UL OFDM symbols and a few DL OFDM symbols located at thebeginning or end of the slot with a guard interval (or gap) between theDL and UL OFDM symbols.

In FIG. 5, the UL-centric slot includes one DL OFDM symbol, i.e., thefirst OFDM symbol, as denoted by reference number 502, and a pluralityof UL OFDM symbols, i.e., the third to last OFDM symbols. The secondOFDM symbol is used as a guard interval. During a period correspondingto the UL OFDM symbols, it may be possible to perform UL data channeltransmission and UL control channel transmission.

A long control channel may be transmitted in a discrete Fouriertransform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) scheme as a single carriertransmission scheme, rather than the OFDM transmission scheme, becausethe long control channel is used to expand the cell coverage.Accordingly, the control channel should be transmitted on contiguoussubcarriers and, in order to achieve a frequency diversity effect, thelong PUCCHs should be arranged at discrete locations as denoted byreference numbers 508 and 509. The frequency distance 505 should be lessthan or equal to the UL bandwidth supported by or configured to the UE.

The UE performs long PUCCH transmission in PRB-1 at the beginning of theslot as denoted by reference number 508 and in PRB-2 at the end of theslot as denoted by reference number 509. The PRB is the smallest unit oftransmission in the frequency domain and consists of 12 subcarriers.Accordingly, the distance between PRB-1 and PRB-2 should be less than orequal to the maximum supportable bandwidth of the UE or the ULtransmission bandwidth configured to the UE, and the maximum supportablebandwidth of the UE may be less than or equal to the bandwidth 506supported by the system.

The frequency resources PRB-1 and PRB-2 may be configured to the UE bymapping the frequency resources to corresponding bit fields via highersignaling (or higher layer signal). More specifically, the UE may benotified of the frequency resources to be used using a bit fieldincluded in a DL control channel. Both the control channel beingtransmitted at the beginning of the slot, as denoted by reference number508, and the control channel being transmitted at the end of the slot,as denoted by reference number 509, include UL control information (UCI)510 and a UE-specific reference signal 511. Herein, it is assumed thatthe two signals are visually distinguished from each other andtransmitted at different OFDM symbols.

The short PUCCH 518 may be transmitted in any DL-centric and UL-centricslot; particularly, at the last symbol or OFDM symbols at the end of theslot (e.g., a last OFDM symbol, a next to last OFDM symbol, or the lasttwo OFDM symbols). The short PUCCH 518 may also be transmitted at anarbitrary location in the slot. The short PUCCH 518 may be mapped to oneor multiple OFDM symbols.

In FIG. 5, the short PUCCH 518 is mapped to the last symbol of each ofthe slots 520 and 521 by way of example.

The radio resources for the short PUCCH 518 are allocated by a PRB bymapping the PUCCH to multiple consecutive or discrete PRBs in thefrequency domain. The allocated PRBs should be included in a band thatis narrower than or equal to the frequency band 507 supported by the UEor the UL transmission bandwidth that the BS has configured to the UE.The multiple PRBs as allocated frequency resources that may beconfigured to the UE via higher layer signaling by mapping the frequencyresources to corresponding bit fields and notifying the UE of thefrequency resources to be used via a bit field included in the DLcontrol channel.

The UCI 530 and DMRS 531 are frequency-multiplexed in a PRB to transmitthe DMRS 531 on one subcarrier per two subcarriers, as denoted byreference number 512, per three subcarriers, as denoted by referencenumber 513, or per four subcarriers, as denoted by reference number 514.One of the DMRS transmission schemes denoted by reference numbers 512,513, and 514 may be configured via higher layer signaling. The UE maytransmit the DMRS 531 and UCI 530 multiplexed as indicated via higherlayer signaling.

The DMRS transmission scheme may also be determined based on the numberof bits of the UCI 530. If the number of bits of the UCI 530 is small,the UE may multiplex the DMRS 531 and UCI 530 into a control channel totransmit the DMRS 531 and UCI 530, as denoted by reference number 512.When the number of bits of the UCI 530 is small, it is possible toachieve a sufficient transmission coding rate with less resources forUCI transmission. If the number of bits of the UCI 530 is large, the UEmay multiplex the DMRS 531 and the UCI 530 into a control channel totransmit the DMRS 531 and UCI 530, as denoted by reference number 514.When the number of bits of the UCI 530 is large, a large amount of theresources are used for UCI transmission at a reduced transmission codingrate.

The UE may determine whether to use the long PUCCH or short PUCCH in aslot or a mini-slot for transmitting the UCI based on the informationindicating the use of the long or short PUCCH, which is received fromthe BS via higher layer signaling. The UE may also determine whether touse the long PUCCH or short PUCCH in a slot or a mini-slot fortransmitting the UCI based on the information indicating the use of thelong or short PUCCH, which is received from the BS via physical layersignaling.

The UE may also determine whether to use the long PUCCH or short PUCCHin a slot or a mini-slot for transmitting the UCI based on theinformation obtained implicitly from the number of UL symbols of theslot or mini-slot.

For example, the UE may transmit the UCI using the short PUCCH when thenumber of UL symbols included in the slot or mini-slot, notified orconfigured by the BS, for UCI transmission is 1 or 2 and using the longPUCCH when the number of UL symbols included in the slot or mini-slot is4 to 14.

The UE may also determine whether to use the long PUCCH or short PUCCHin a slot or a mini-slot for transmitting the UCI based on theinformation indicating the waveform of a msg3, which is included in amsg2, which is transmitted in the random access procedure. That is, ifthe information indicating the waveform of the msg3, which is includedin the msg2, is set to cyclic prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM), the UE transmitsthe UCI with the short PUCCH using the CP-OFDM waveform. If theinformation indicating the waveform of the msg3, which is included inthe msg2, is set to DFT-S-OFDM, the UE transmits the UCI with the longPUCCH using the DFT-S-OFDM waveform.

The long and short PUCCHs for different UEs may be frequency multiplexedinto one slot 520, as denoted by reference number 500. In this case, theBS may configure the short and long PUCCH frequency resources withoutbeing overlapped in one PRB. However, configuring different PUCCHtransmission resources for all individual UEs causes frequency resourcewaste and is inappropriate considering that the frequency resources areconstrained and should be largely allocated for UL data channeltransmission rather than UL control channel transmission.

Accordingly, the short and long PUCCHs resources allocated for differentUEs may be overlapped, and the BS controls the scheduled resources andUE-specific transmission resources to not collide in one slot. However,when it is impossible to avoid collision between the short and longPUCCH transmission resources, a method is needed for the BS to configurethe long and short transmission resources so that they do not collideand for the UE to adjust the long PUCCH transmission resources accordingto an instruction from the BS. According to a method of the presentdisclosure, the short and long PUCCH transmission resources may betime-multiplexed in one slot 521, as denoted by reference number 501.

Here, at least one of an UL scheduling configuration (UL schedulinggrant) signal and a DL data signal is referred to as “a first signal,”and at least one of an UL data signal corresponding to the UL schedulingconfiguration signal and a response signal (or HARQ ACK/NACK signal)corresponding to the DL data signal is referred to as “a second signal.”For example, a signal transmitted with an expectation of a reply amongthe signals from the BS to the UE may be the first signal, and aresponse signal transmitted by the UE, as the reply to the first signal,may be the second signal. A service type of data conveyed in the firstsignal may be eMBB, URLLC, and/or mMTC, and the second signal maycorrespond to the service type of the data conveyed in the first signal.

The present disclosure is applicable to a new type of duplex mode (e.g.,a frame structure type 3) as well as a frequency division duplex (FDD)mode and time division duplex (TDD) mode.

Herein, the term “higher signaling (or higher layer signaling)” includesa signal transmission from a BS to a UE using a physical DL data channelor from the UE to the BS using a physical UL data channel, and it mayalso include a signal exchange between the BS and the UE via at leastone of RRC signaling, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) signaling,and MAC control element (MAC CE).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, an ULtransmission resource allocation method is provided for transmitting ULtransmission configuration information to a UE in order to provide theUE with at least one of eMBB, mMTC, and URLLC service types and reducingdelay of configured UL transmissions. Although descriptions are made ofUL transmissions between a BS and a UE in a licensed band and anunlicensed band, separately, the methods in accordance with theembodiments of the present disclosure can be applied with no distinctionbetween the licensed and unlicensed bands.

Typically, a BS schedules a certain TTI and a frequency resource regionto a UE for UL data or control information transmission associated witheMBB, mMTC, and URLLC services. For example, the BS may make aconfiguration at subframe n for the UE to perform UL transmission atsubframe n+k (k≥0). That is, the BS may transmit, at subframe n, ULtransmission configuration information to the UE that desires ULtransmission and, upon receipt of the UL transmission configurationinformation, the UE may transmit UL data or control information to theBS (or another UE) using the time and frequency resource regionindicated in the UL transmission configuration information. Here, the UEthat has the UL data or control information to be transmitted mayrequest to the BS for the UL transmission configuration information bytransmitting scheduling request information or through a random accessprocedure.

For example, the UL transmission of a normal UE may be performed through3 steps as follows.

Step 1: If UL data or control information to be transmitted is generatedat the UE, the UE requests the BS for UL transmission configurationusing UL resources that are valid for transmitting UL transmissionconfiguration (or resource) request (scheduling request). Here, at leastone of time and frequency resources for use in the UL transmissionconfiguration request may be predefined or preconfigured via higherlayer signaling.

Step 2: If the BS receives the UL transmission configuration requestfrom the UE, the BS makes a configuration for the UL transmission bytransmitting UL transmission configuration information to the UE througha DL control channel.

Step 3: Upon receipt of the UL transmission configuration informationfrom the BS, the UE performs UL transmission based on the ULtransmission configuration information received from the BS.

However, a delay occurs for the UE for transmitting the UL data orcontrol information over a predetermined time period. For example, ifthe UE at which the UL data is generated at time n is configured with anUL transmission configuration resource interval of 5 ms, the UE mayexperience a delay of up to 5 ms for transmitting the UL transmissionconfiguration request information.

Further, if there is a need of a time lag (e.g., 1 ms) between receivingthe control information carrying UL transmission configuration andstarting the configured UL transmission, the UE may experience thetransmission delay of at least 6 ms for starting the UL transmission.

In a normal LTE system, the time lag between receiving the ULtransmission configuration control information and starting theconfigured UL transmission is at least 4 ms. In accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure, a method is provided for reducingthe UL transmission delay such that the UE performs the UL signaltransmission operation without receiving separate UL transmissionconfiguration information.

Throughout all embodiments of the present disclosure, a scheme for a UEto receive UL transmission configuration information, UL schedulingconfiguration information, or UL grant from a BS through a DL controlchannel (e.g., PDCCH) and transmit UL information to the BS through a ULdata channel (e.g., PUSCH) based on the received UL transmissionconfiguration information is referred to as “a first UL transmissionscheme” or “a grant-based UL transmission scheme.”

A scheme for a UE to transmit UL information according to ULtransmission configuration information preconfigured by the UE or toselect at least one of preconfigured UL transmission configurationinformation and transmit the UL information based on the preconfiguredUL transmission configuration information and the selected ULtransmission configuration information, without receiving ULtransmission configuration information, UL scheduling configurationinformation, or UL grant from the BS through a DL control channel (e.g.,PDCCH), like a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) scheme, is referred toas “a second UL transmission scheme,” “a grant-free UL transmissionscheme,” or “a non-scheduling UL transmission scheme.”

Here, the UE may transmit a UL signal based on only the UL transmissionconfiguration information configured via higher layer signaling in thesecond UL transmission scheme or based on the UL transmissionconfiguration information preconfigured via higher layer signaling andUL transmission configuration information included in the DL controlinformation (e.g., DCI scrambled with an SPS C-RNTI) indicatinginitiation of the second UL transmission. That is, the second ULtransmission is a UL transmission performed without receiving DCI in aDCI format conveying the UL transmission configuration information via aPDCCH from the BS. In the second UL transmission scheme, the ULtransmission configuration information for use in starting the ULtransmission may be obtained from the UL transmission configurationinformation, UL scheduling configuration information, or UL granttransmitted by the BS through a DL control channel (e.g., a PDCCH).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method isprovided for a UE to perform UL transmission using radio resources suchas second UL transmission time, a frequency, and a code predefined bythe BS or configured through a broadcast channel including higher layersignaling and system information (e.g., a system information block(SIB)) in the second UL transmission scheme, without receiving separateUL transmission configuration information from a BS through a DL controlchannel. A method is also provided for switching the UL transmissionscheme from the second UL transmission scheme to the first ULtransmission scheme.

Typically, a UE performs UL signal transmission by receiving ULtransmission configuration information or scheduling information from aBS and then transmitting the UL signal using the time and frequencyresources configured based on the UL transmission configurationinformation received from the BS.

The BS may make a configuration for the UE, via higher layer signaling,to use an UL transmission scheme, e.g., one of the first and second ULtransmission schemes, or the second UL transmission scheme in additionto the first UL transmission scheme with the BS or in a cell. The BS mayconfigure the UL transmission scheme of the UE via higher layersignaling as follows. The BS may include a field indicating the ULtransmission scheme of the UE, e.g., grantfreeULtransmission field, inthe RRC configuration information for a specific BS or cell (or SCell ortransmission and reception point (TRP)).

The BS may set the field value to ‘true’ or enable the field for makingit possible for the UE to configure the second UL transmission scheme asthe UL transmission scheme for the corresponding cell or use the secondUL transmission scheme in addition to the first UL transmission scheme.Here, if the UE receives the RRC field value set to ‘false’ orascertains that there is no grantfreeULtransmission field, it maydetermine that only the first UL transmission scheme is available as theUL transmission scheme in the corresponding cell. Although the RRCfield, configuration method (e.g., true/false), and UL transmissionscheme assortment are specified by way of example, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto.

The BS may transmit the information on the UL transmission scheme foruse in association with the BS or the cell to one or more UEs via systeminformation through a BS-specific or cell-specific broadcast channel.The BS may notify the UE of the UL transmission scheme via the systeminformation broadcast on the broadcast channel as follows. The BS or thecell (SCell or TRP) may periodically or aperiodically broadcast thecell-specific system information (e.g., master information block (MIB)and SIB) to one or more UEs. Here, the broadcast channel indicates achannel that a plurality of UEs can receive with a predefined identifier(e.g., system information RNTI).

The system information may include second UL transmission schemeconfiguration information as well as cell-specific UL transmissionscheme configuration information. For example, the system informationmay further include information on at least one of UL signaltransmission time and frequency resources in accordance with the secondUL transmission scheme. If the UL transmission scheme for the cell isset to the first UL transmission scheme, the information on the time andfrequency resources for UL signal transmission in the second ULtransmission scheme may be omitted from the system information or, ifincluded, may be ignored by the UE.

The BS may configure the UL transmission scheme of the UE through a DLcontrol channel. The BS may configure the UL transmission scheme of theUE through a DL channel by transmitting, among its DL control channels,a common control channel (or cell-specific search space) or group commoncontrol channel (or group-specific search space) having an indicator ora field indicating a UL transmission scheme. The UE may determine the ULtransmission scheme or whether the second UL transmission scheme can beused for UL transmission based on the corresponding field. If the commoncontrol channel or the group common control channel is used, all or aspecific group of UEs receive the same control information from the BSusing an identifier (e.g., a group RNTI) predefined for specific UEs orconfigured by the BS.

For example, the BS may add a field indicating the UL transmissionscheme of the group to the UL transmission-related information beingtransmitted through the group common control channel to configure the ULtransmission scheme of the UEs belonging to the corresponding group orallow for UL transmission in the second UL transmission scheme. Forexample, the BS may add a UL transmission scheme, a UL transmission typefield, or a field conveying information indicating whether a ULtransmission configuration is present/absent, e.g., 1-bit field. If thefield is set to 1, the UEs that have received the control channel mayperform UL transmission to the BS or cell in the second UL transmissionscheme. If the field is set to 0, the UEs that have received the controlchannel may perform UL transmission to the BS or cell in the first ULtransmission scheme.

Although the field is added and configured in a specific manner by wayof example above, the field may be configured to have a length longerthan 1 bit. For example, the BS may add a 2-bit field to the ULtransmission-related information to configure one or both of the firstand second UL transmission schemes to the UEs.

When the UE is configured with the second UL transmission scheme as itsUL transmission scheme, the UE may receive all UL transmission-relatedvariables from the BS via higher layer signaling or may receive part ofthe UL transmission-related variables from the BS via higher layersignaling and make a selection on no-received UL transmissionconfiguration information to transmit the UL signal in the second ULtransmission scheme according to the selected configuration. The UE mayreceive part of the UL transmission-related variables from the BS viahigher layer signaling. For the other UL transmission-related variables,the UE may receive the candidates from the BS via higher layersignaling, select one of the candidates, and transmit the UL signal inthe second UL transmission scheme determined based on the selectedconfiguration. For example, the UE may select at least one of a timeresource region, a frequency resource region, an MCS, a pre-codingmatrix (PMI), a DMRS sequence, and a DMRS cyclic shift) for use intransmitting the UL signal based on the selection variable.

For example, after configuring the second UL transmission scheme to theUE, the BS may configure periodic time resource region informationavailable for UL transmission in the second UL transmission scheme via ahigher layer signal or a combination of a higher layer signal and ULtransmission configuration information. The UE may select atime-frequency resource region to perform the real UL transmission amongthe time-frequency regions available for UL transmission according tothe configured second UL transmission scheme. As another example, the BSmay configure candidates or set values, e.g., an MCS set (quadraturephase shift keying (QPSK) and 16QAM), of UL transmission-relatedvariables that are selectable by the UE, such that the UE selects the ULtransmission configuration values for use in the second UL transmissionscheme. Although the descriptions herein are directed to thetime-frequency resource region being preconfigured and the UE selectingthe time-frequency resources and/or the MCS value arbitrary or based onthe channel status information, the UE may also select all or part ofthe variables including other variables in addition to theaforementioned variables related to the UL transmission in order totransmit the UL signal according to the second UL transmission scheme.

The BS may receive a UL signal and detect a predetermined signal (e.g.,a DMRS sequence, DMRS cyclic shift information, and a preamble forconfigured for use by the UE) in the received signal to determinewhether the signal is transmitted by the UE. If the BS determines thatthe UL signal is transmitted by the UE, the BS performs decoding on thereceived UL signal and makes a UL signal reception result determination.That is, the BS may make one of three UL signal reception resultdeterminations: 1) detecting the UL signal transmission from the UE anddecoding the UL signal correctly (successful reception), 2) detectingthe UL signal from the UE but failing correct decoding on the UL signal(reception failure), and 3) failing detection of the UL signal from theUE (detection failure).

When the BS detects the UL signal transmitted by the UE but fails todecode correctly, the BS may request the UE for UL retransmission. Thatis, the BS notifies the UE of its UL signal reception result.

When the BS detects the UL signal transmitted by the UE and decodes theUL signal successfully, it may avoid separately notifying the UE of theUL signal reception result.

When not transmitting UL signal reception results and the BS receivesthe UL signal from the UE successfully, if a predetermined time periodor timer expires or if the UE is configured for a new UL transmission inthe first UL transmission scheme, the UE may assume that the BS hasreceived the UL signal successfully based on the above information.Here, the BS may notify the UE of the UL signal reception result evenwhen it detects the UL signal transmitted by the UE and decodes the ULsignal successfully.

However, when the BS fails to detect the UL signal transmitted by theUE, i.e., the BS determines that there is no UL signal transmitted bythe UE, the BS cannot notify the UE of the UL signal reception result.Accordingly, the BS notifies the UE of the UL signal reception resultand requests the UE for retransmission of the UL signal at least whendetecting the UL signal transmitted by the UE but failing to decode theUL signal (reception failure) among the cases 1) and 2) above, i.e.,detecting the UL signal transmitted by the UE and decoding the UL signalsuccessfully (successful reception), and detecting the UL signaltransmitted by the UE but failing to decode the UL signal (receptionfailure).

Accordingly, the BS transmits, to the UE, the UL retransmission-relatedconfiguration information, UL scheduling configuration information, orUL grant through a DL control channel according to the second ULtransmission scheme. Upon receiving the UL scheduling configurationinformation, the UE may retransmit the UL signal based on the ULtransmission configuration information. That is, the UE may retransmitthe UL signal according to the second UL transmission scheme in thefirst UL transmission scheme.

Conventionally, a UE cannot determine whether UL schedulingconfiguration information received from the BS is UL transmissionconfiguration information configured for retransmission of a UL signaltransmitted in the second UL transmission scheme or UL transmissionconfiguration information configured for transmitting a new UL signal inthe first UL transmission scheme. Therefore, in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure, a method is provided fordetermining whether the UL scheduling configuration information receivedfrom the BS is the UL transmission configuration information configuredfor retransmission of the UL signal transmitted in the second ULtransmission scheme or the UL transmission configuration informationconfigured for transmitting a new UL signal in the first UL transmissionscheme, and a second UL transmission resource configuration method.

Although descriptions are made herein with a slot as a unit, a HARQprocess ID determination may be made in a unit of time or a slot of thepresent disclosure using a unit of a mini-slot having symbols smaller innumber than those of a slot or a subframe having symbols larger innumber than those of a slot.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a UE maydetermine second UL transmission resources and whether UL schedulingconfiguration information received from a BS is UL transmissionconfiguration information configured for retransmission of a UL signaltransmitted in the second UL transmission scheme or UL transmissionconfiguration information configured for a new UL signal in the first ULtransmission scheme.

The UE may receive period information (P) of the second UL transmissionresources and an offset value from the BS via higher layer signaling.The period and offset value may be given as a unit of absolute time(e.g., in ms), a slot, or a symbol; typically, the offset value is lessthan or equal to the period.

FIGS. 6A and 6B illustrate UL transmissions in the second ULtransmission scheme according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B, a UE may receive period information 600and an offset value 610 of the second UL transmission resources from theBS via higher layer signaling. The offset value 610 may be a valueindicating a specific timing (e.g., system frame number 0), and the UEmay be configured with the period and offset value, respectively. Theoffset value 610 may be one of the values in the range of the period600, and UE may receive the periodic information 600 and the offsetinformation 610 by using an index indicating both the period and offsetvalue via higher layer signaling. The UE may determine the second ULtransmission resources 650, 652, and 654 for the N^(th) UL grant basedon the configured period 600 and the offset 610, as shown in Equation(1). The description thereof is made hereinafter with a slot as a unit.

(SFN*NumSlotperSFN+Slot_Index)=[(SFNstart time*NumSlotperSFN+slotstarttime)+N*semiPersistSchedInterval+Offset]modulo1024*NumSlotperSFN  (1)

In Equation (1), the system frame number (SFN), the Slot_Index, and theSymbol Index denote the SFN, the slot, and symbol including the secondUL transmission resources. The NumSlotperSFN denotes a radio framedefined or configured for the second UL transmission per carrier orcell, or a number of slots during the time period of ms, and theSFNstart time and slotstart time denote the SFN and slot at which a ULgrant initiating the second UL transmission is received. ThesemiPersistSchedInterval denotes a scheduled interval of the second ULtransmission resources. The offset value may be configured via higherlayer signaling or the timing information (UL transmission slot andsymbol timing value) included in the UL grant (e.g., control informationscrambled with an SPS cell RNTI (C-RNTI)) initiating (activating) thesecond UL transmission, as shown in Equation (2).

The description thereof is made hereinafter with a symbol as a unit.

(SFN*NumSlotperSFN*SymbolPerSlot+SlotIndex_in_SF*SymbolPerSlot+Symbol_Index)=[(SFNstarttime*NumSlotperSFN*SymbolPerSlot+SlotIndex_in_SFstarttime*SymbolPerSlot+symbolstarttime)+N*semiPersistSchedInterval+Offset]modulo1024*NumSlotperSFN*SymbolPerSlot  (2)

In Equation (2), the SFN and Slot_Index denote the SFN and slotincluding the second UL transmission resources, respectively. TheNumSlotperSFN denotes a radio frame defined or configured for the secondUL transmission per a carrier or cell, or a number of slots during thetime period of 10 ms, and SymbolPerSlot denotes the number of symbolsconstituting a slot defined or configured for the second UL transmissionper carrier or cell. The SlotIndex_in_SFstart time, SFNstart time, andsymbolstart time denote the slot, the SFN, and the symbol within theslot, in which the UL grant initiating the second UL transmission isreceived. The semiPersistSchedInterval denotes a scheduled interval ofthe second UL transmission resources. The offset value may be configuredvia higher layer signaling or the timing information (UL transmissionslot and symbol timing value) included in the UL grant (e.g., controlinformation scrambled with an SPS C-RNTI) initiating (activating) thesecond UL transmission.

When at least one symbol is indicated as a DL resource by a slot formatindicator (SFI) among the resources scheduled for the second ULtransmission scheme-based UL transmission, the UE may determine that thecorresponding resources are not valid for the UL transmission in thesecond UL transmission scheme.

The UE may be configured to repetitively transmit a UL signal K times inthe second UL transmission scheme. K denotes a number of repetitivetransmissions including the initial transmission in the second ULtransmission scheme and may be set to one of predetermined valuesincluding 1 (e.g., K=1, 2, 4, or 8) for the UE via higher layersignaling. A description is made in which K=4, by way of example, withreference to part (b) of FIG. 6A.

The UE may determine the resources for a UL signal transmission in thesecond UL transmission scheme based on at least one of the scheduledinterval and offset value received via higher layer signaling. If the UEis configured to transmit a UL signal repetitively in the second ULtransmission scheme, i.e., if K is set to a value greater than 1, Kresources 600 and 662 are configured in the period (P) as shown in part(b) of FIG. 6A. The resources configured for the repetitive transmissionmay be determined based on offset 2 630 based on the resourcesconfigured under the assumption of K=1. The value of offset 2 630 or adistance (symbols or slots) between the resources for transmission inthe second UL transmission scheme within the period (P) may beconfigured to the UE via higher layer signaling or calculated based onthe scheduled interval and K value. For example, the offset and thedistance between the second UL transmission resources may be calculatedthrough floor (P/K).

The UE may receive at least one HARQ process ID for the UL transmissionbeing performed in the second UL transmission scheme configured as abovevia higher layer signaling. The HARQ process ID may be calculated forthe scheduled resources as shown in Equation (3).

HARQ Process ID=floor(X/P)mod NumHARQproc  (3)

In Equation (3), X denotesSFN*SlotPerFrame*SymbolPerSlot+Slot_index_In_SF*SymbolPerSlot+Symbol_Index_In_Slot,and NumHARQproc denotes a number of HARQ processes configured for the ULtransmission in the second UL transmission scheme, NumHARQproc beingreceived from the BS via higher layer signaling. Accordingly, X denotesthe first symbol of the initial transmission in performing thetransmission K times.

Referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B, it is determined that the HARQ process IDfor the K repetitive transmissions 660 and 662 is X, which is determinedbased on the initial transmission resources 660. The HARQ process ID forthe initial transmission 664 and retransmissions 665 in the next periodis Y, which is determined based on the initial transmission resources664. Although the initial transmission is performed with resourcesconfigured differently as in parts (c) and (d) of FIG. 6B, the HARQprocess ID is determined based on the time (slot or symbol) at which theinitial transmission is performed among the K transmissions. The valueof X may be determined based on the time (slot or symbol) of theresources configured with an initial RV value in the period (P) amongthe resources configured with the RV, for use in the second ULtransmission scheme, set to a specific value r (e.g., 0) by the BS viahigher layer scheduling. Consequently, the HARQ process IDs for the ULresources for transmission in the second UL transmission scheme withinthe configured period (P) are identical to each other.

Within the period P configured as above, K second UL transmissionresources may exist in two manners. The initial transmission resourcesfor use in the second UL transmission scheme and the retransmissionresources for use in the second UL transmission scheme may bedistinguished from each other as illustrated in part (b) of FIG. 6A ormay not be distinguished from each other as illustrated in parts (c) and(d) of FIG. 6B. In parts (c) and (d) of FIG. 6B, if a signal to betransmitted by the UE is generated, as denoted by reference number 680,the UE may perform the initial transmission and retransmissions of theUL signal, using the resources configured for the second UL transmissionscheme, in the second UL transmission scheme since the generation of thesignal.

In part (b) of FIG. 6A, because the resources for initial transmissionin the second UL transmission scheme is scheduled according to theperiod (P), if the signal 680 to be transmitted in UL is generated inthe middle of the period (P), the UE delays the signal transmission tillthe resources 664 available for initial transmission in the second ULtransmission scheme, resulting in signal transmission latency. The BSthat receives the signal transmitted in the second UL transmissionscheme may receive the UL transmission efficiently because the resourcesor period available for the initial transmission of the UE is explicitlyscheduled. That is, the BS and the UE share the information on thesecond UL signal transmission resources and the HARQ process IDconfigured with the corresponding resources in order to minimizemalfunctioning therebetween.

In order to minimize the UL transmission latency, the UE may transmitthe signal on the resources that are determined available first, sincethe generation of the signal, as denoted by reference number 680, forthe UL transmission among the resources scheduled for the second ULtransmission scheme-based UL transmission without distinction betweenthe initial transmission resources and K−1 retransmission resources forthe second UL transmission scheme as illustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6B.Here, it is possible to improve the reliability of the UL signal bytransmitting the UL signal K times as configured.

The resources for use in retransmission may be assigned a different HARQprocess ID Y when the UE performs the initial transmission of the ULsignal (HARQ process ID is X at initial transmission) in the middle ofthe period (P) and retransmits the UL signal K−1 times, as illustratedin part (c) of FIG. 6B. In this case, the BS may fail to distinguishbetween the UL transmissions that are performed with the respective HARQprocess IDs X and Y in the second UL transmission scheme. In part (c) ofFIG. 6B, if the BS receives the UL transmissions 675 and 676 withoutreceipt of the UL transmissions 672 and 673, the BS may determine thatthe UL transmissions have been performed with the HARQ process ID Y.Consequently, the BS may not correctly determine the HARQ process IDassociated with the UL transmissions. If the UE uses different ULtransmission parameter values for the retransmissions (e.g.,retransmissions with different RV values or RV cycling values), this mayincrease the UL signal reception complexity of the BS.

In order to minimize the UL transmission latency, the UE may transmitthe signal on the resources that are determined available first, afterthe generation of the signal, for the UL transmission among theresources scheduled for the second UL transmission scheme-based ULtransmission, without distinction between the initial transmissionresources and K−1 retransmission resources for the second ULtransmission scheme, as shown in part (c) of FIG. 6B. In order tominimize the reception complexity of the BS, it may be possible to usethe following method. The resources for use in retransmission may beassigned a different HARQ process ID Y when the UE performs the initialtransmission of the UL signal (at this time, HARQ process ID is X) inthe middle of the period (P) and retransmits the UL signal K−1 times asillustrated in part (d) of FIG. 6B. The UE may transmit, in the secondUL transmission scheme, the UL signal only on the resources configuredwith the HARQ process ID assigned for initial UL transmission in thesecond UL transmission scheme.

Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the reception complexity of theBS in such a way that the UE transmits the UL signal M (<=K) times onthe resources 672 and 673 configured with the HARQ process ID for theinitial transmission 672, among K transmissions scheduled as above, anddoes not perform transmissions on the resources 675 and 676 configuredwith the HARQ process ID Y that differs from the initial transmissionHARQ process ID X. However, this may also decrease the UL transmissionreliability because the UE does not perform K scheduled retransmissions.

When the UE is configured to perform K (K>1) repetitive transmissionsincluding the initial transmission in the second UL transmission scheme,the latency, reliability, and BS complexity may be changed according tothe UL resource configuration method and the K-time retransmissionmethod for the second UL transmission of the UE.

Accordingly, the BS may configure the UL resource configuration methodand the K-time retransmission method for the second UL transmission ofthe UE differently in consideration of the latency, reliability, andcomplexity.

Method 1: Second UL transmission scheme determination based on a numberof HARQ process IDs configured for second UL transmission scheme.

A UE configured to perform UL transmissions in the second ULtransmission scheme may configure the UL resource configuration methodand the K-time retransmission method for the second UL transmissionaccording to the number of HARQ process IDs configured for the ULtransmission in the second UL transmission scheme.

A UE configured with L HARQ process IDs (e.g., 1 HARQ process ID) mayperform K transmissions, i.e., one initial transmission and K−1retransmissions, in the second UL transmission scheme on any of theresources available for transmission in the second UL transmissionscheme configured based on the above Equation, without distinctionbetween the resources for the initial transmission and the resources forK−1 retransmissions among the K transmissions scheduled in the second ULtransmission scheme. That is, the UE may transmit the signal K times(including the initial transmission) in the UL transmission scheme onthe resources determined available first, since the generation of thesignal, as denoted by reference number 680 for UL transmission among theresources scheduled for UL transmission in the previously configuredsecond UL transmission, as illustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6B. Forexample, if L=1, i.e., the number of configured HARQ process ID is 1,the UE may perform the initial transmission of the UL signal on one ofthe resources available for the UL signal transmission in the second ULtransmission scheme and K−1 retransmissions of the UL signal on thesubsequent resources available for the UL signal transmission, asillustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6B.

The UE may not transmit a new signal or data with the HARQ process ID inuse for the transmission in the second UL transmission scheme beforereceipt of the HARQ-ACK information from the BS or a timer fordetermining ACK/NACK corresponding to the transmission expires. Thetimer may start when the UE starts transmitting the UL signal.Accordingly, it is possible for Method 1 to minimize the signalreception complexity of the BS.

The scenario in which the UE can perform K transmissions, i.e., oneinitial transmission and K−1 retransmissions, in the second ULtransmission scheme on any of resources available for transmission inthe second UL transmission scheme configured based on the aboveEquation, without distinction between the resources for the initialtransmission and the resources for K−1 retransmissions among the Ktransmissions scheduled in the second UL transmission scheme, may belimited to the follow case.

By limiting the above-described method to the case of being configuredto perform K transmissions via a specific value of a redundancy version(RV) (self-decodable RV value (typically RV0) capable of decoding thesignal correctly although the BS receives the UL signal once among Ktransmissions) that is in use for the second UL transmission scheme ofthe UE, it is possible to minimize the reception complexity of the BS inreceiving the UL signal transmitted in the second UL transmissionscheme. Although the restriction is made to RV 0 (or RV sequence0-0-0-0) by way of example, the above-described repetitive transmissionmay be applied even when the RV is set to another self-decodable RVvalue (e.g., RV0) or the RV values of the K repetitive transmissions areset only to RV0 and RV3 (e.g., RV sequence: 0, 3, 0, 3).

The UE configured with P (>L) HARQ process IDs (e.g., 2 or more HARQprocess IDs) for the second UL transmission scheme may perform theinitial transmission in the second UL transmission scheme on any ofresources available for UL transmission in the second UL transmissionscheme, without distinction between the resources for the initialtransmission of the signal and the resources for k−1 retransmissionsamong the K transmissions scheduled in the second UL transmissionscheme, but may not use the resources configured with the HARQ processID different from that for the initial transmission and may stop therepetitive transmission as illustrated in part (d) of FIG. 6B. That is,the UE may transmit the signal, in the second UL transmission scheme, onthe resources determined available first, after the generation of the ULsignal to be transmitted, as denoted by reference number 680, for ULtransmission among the resources scheduled for the transmission in thepreviously configured second UL transmission scheme and retransmit thesignal less than K times according to the first signal transmission timepoint.

For example, if L=2, i.e., the number of HARQ process ID is 2, the UEmay transmit the UL signal on the resources 672 and 673 appearing afterthe generation of the UL data, as denoted by reference number 680 amongthe resources 670, 671, 672, and 673 configured with the HARQ process IDX in the second UL transmission scheme, and then stop the UL signaltransmission as illustrated in part (d) of FIG. 6B. That is, the UE doesnot transmit the UL signal on the resources 675, 676, 677, and 678configured with a HARQ process ID, i.e., HARQ process ID Y, differentfrom the HARQ process ID X for the initial transmission. If there is newdata at the UE, in addition to the UL data transmitted with the HARQprocess ID X, the UE may transmit the new data K times on the ULresources 675, 676, 677, and 678 configured with the HARQ process ID Y.

Method 2: Second UL transmission resource configuration and second ULtransmission scheme configuration via higher layer signaling.

The BS may configure the second UL transmission resource and ULtransmission scheme to the UE via higher layer signaling. That is, theBS may make a configuration for the UE to perform the initialtransmission in the second UL transmission scheme on any of theresources, without distinction between the resources available for theinitial transmission and the resources available for K−1 retransmissionsscheduled for second UL transmission scheme-based UL transmission, asillustrated in parts (c) and (d) of FIG. 6B, or for the UE to performthe initial transmission in the second UL transmission scheme only onthe resources scheduled for the initial transmission among theresources, with the distinction between the resources available for theinitial transmission and the resources available for K−1 retransmissionsscheduled for the second UL transmission scheme-based UL transmission,as illustrated in parts (b) of FIG. 6A

A UE may be configured to perform the initial transmission in the secondUL transmission scheme on any of the resources, without distinctionbetween the resources available for the initial transmission and theresources available for K−1 retransmissions scheduled for second ULtransmission scheme-based UL transmission, as illustrated in parts (c)and (d) of FIG. 6B. The UE configured to perform K (K>1) transmissionsin the second UL transmission scheme may perform the K transmissionsincluding the initial transmission as illustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6Bor perform the K transmission only to the transmission resources withthe same HARQ process ID as that configured for the initial transmission(or for the K scheduled transmissions, the UE does not perform thesecond UL transmission scheme-based UL transmission on the resourceswith the HARQ process ID different from the HARQ process ID configuredfor the initial transmission), as illustrated in part (d) of FIG. 6B.

Method 3: Configuration for performing an initial transmission, among Ksecond UL transmission scheme-based repetitive transmissions, on part ofresources available for second UL transmission scheme-based ULtransmission.

As illustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6B, the UE may transmit the signal Ktimes (including the initial transmission) in the second UL transmissionscheme on the resources determined available first, since the generationof the signal as denoted by reference number 680, for the UL among theresources scheduled for the second UL transmission scheme-based ULtransmission. For example, the UE may transmit the signal on one of theresources scheduled for the second UL transmission scheme-based ULsignal transmission and retransmit the signal K−1 timers, as illustratedin part (c) of FIG. 6B. In this case, the UE may perform the initialtransmission of the K repetitive transmissions scheduled in the secondUL transmission scheme on any of F resources counted from the first oneof the M UL transmission resources configured with the HARQ process IDfor the transmission and the UE may perform retransmission only on theremaining M-F resources. This method may minimize the receptioncomplexity of the BS in receiving the UL signals transmitted in thesecond UL transmission scheme. For example, the value of F may bedetermined as half the K configured with the HARQ process ID, i.e.,floor (K/2) or ceil (K/2). It may also be possible for the BS toconfigure the value of F to the UE via higher layer signaling. In thiscase, the UE may perform the repetitive transmissions including theinitial transmission on the F resources among K scheduled transmissions.

A scenario in which the UE can perform the initial transmission andretransmissions of the K repetitive transmissions in the second ULtransmission scheme on any of F resources among the resources availablefor the UL transmission in the second UL transmission scheme configuredthrough the above Equation, without distinction between the resourcesavailable for the initial transmission and the resources available forthe K−1 retransmissions in the second UL transmission scheme, may belimited.

For example, it may be possible to limit the above-described method tothe case of being configured to perform K transmissions via a specificvalue of a RV (self-decodable RV value (typically RV0) capable ofdecoding the signal correctly although the BS receives the UL signalonce among K transmissions) that is in use for the second ULtransmission scheme of the UE. This method may make it possible tominimize the reception complexity of the BS in receiving the UL signaltransmitted in the second UL transmission scheme. Although therestriction is made to RV 0 (or RV sequence 0-0-0-0), by way of example,the above-described repetitive transmission may be applied even when theRV is set to another self-decodable RV value (e.g., RV3) or the RVvalues of the K repetitive transmissions are set only to RV0 and RV3(e.g., RV sequence: 0, 3, 0, 3).

It may be possible to determine the resources for the initialtransmission and K−1 retransmissions among K repetitive transmissionsscheduled in the second UL transmission scheme through one or anycombination of Method 1, Method 2, and Method 3.

It may be possible to consider a case where multiple UL BWPs includingUL and supplementary UL (SUL) BWPs are configured for the second ULtransmission in one serving cell and the multiple BWPs configured forthe second UL transmission are simultaneously activated in the cell. Ifthe UE should select one of the multiple UL BWPs or select one ofmultiple second UL transmissions to perform transmission (e.g., thesecond UL transmission scheduled in the UL and SUL BWPs at a specifictime or slot in the serving cell, the second UL transmission isscheduled in multiple BWPs among the UL or SUL BWPs in a slot, ormultiple BWPs are activated among the BWPs configured with the second ULtransmission), the UE may select second UL transmission resources in theactivated BWP in which the second UL transmission resources areconfigured. The UE may also select the BWP or cell in which the secondUL transmission resources are configured, e.g., when the UE wants totransmit UL data in the second UL transmission configured in the UL andSUL bands at a specific time or slot, when the UE wants to transmit thesame or different UL data in multiple UL BWPs in UL and SUL bands, orwhen the UE wants to transmit different UL data in all of the second ULtransmissions configured in the respective UL and SUL BWPs at a specifictime or slot. The cell configured for the UL data channel (e.g., aPUSCH) transmission includes the SUL and a UL BWP configured for thePUSCH transmission may be allocated in the SUL. The SUL denotes a ULcarrier added to a specific cell for securing UL coverage of the UE. Ifthe UE is configured with two UL carriers in one cell, the additionallyconfigure UL carrier is referred to as an SUL.

The UE may be configured with a UL cell (e.g., an SUL) in addition to aspecific UL serving cell (e.g., a UL) for securing UL coverage. The ULand SUL frequency bands or frequency bandwidths may be independentlyconfigured to the UE, and the UL and SUL BWPs may also be independentlyconfigured to the UE. At least one BWP may be activated in each of theUL and SUL bands. That is, the UE may have one BWP configured in the ULband and another BWP configured in the SUL band, and the BWPs may beactivated independently.

Although the descriptions herein are directed to one BWP being activatedin each of the UL and SUL band for convenience of explanation, thepresent disclosure is also applicable to multiple BWPs being configuredfor a UE in the UL or SUL band and they are activated independently.

When the second UL transmission is configured and activatedindependently in the BWPs of the UL and SUL bands, the second ULtransmission may be configured and activated in all BWPs activated inthe UL and SUL bands at a specific time or slot. When performing thesecond UL transmission in only one BWP at the specific time or slot, theUE should determine the BWP and the second UL transmission configurationand resources for use in performing the second UL transmission. Thisdetermination operation of the UE may not be necessary for the UL datatransmission in the first UL transmission scheme, because the UL grantfor configuring the UL data transmission includes an indicatorindicating whether the UL data transmission is to be performed in the ULor SUL bandwidth.

Although the UE determines the BWPs in the UL and SUL bands and thesecond UL transmission configuration for use in performing the second ULtransmission in the above description by way of example, the presentdisclosure may be used for other scenarios, such as when the UEdetermines the resources for use in performing the second ULtransmission in a situation where multiple configurations and orresources that can be used for the second L transmission at a specifictime or slot in a cell. When there are multiple resources activated forthe second UL transmission of the UE at a specific time or slot mayinclude that the multiple UL transmission resources are completelyidentical in the time domain in a specific time or slot and that themultiple second UL transmission resources are identical in the timedomain in at least one symbol.

In the above case, the UE may use at least one of Methods A to F, asdescribed below, to determine the BWP and the second UL transmissionconfiguration and resources for use in performing the second ULtransmission.

-   -   Method A: The UL transmission is performed using the second UL        transmission resources configured in a default cell (or        carrier), default BWP, or cell or BWP configured for PUCCH        transmission. When multiple second UL transmission        configurations are all configured to the default cell, default        carrier, or default BWP, a second UL transmission may be        selected using at least one of other methods of the present        disclosure.

In Method A, the second UL transmission resources activated in the BWPsare activated respectively in UL and SUL bands at a specific time orslot and overlapped. The UE may perform the second UL transmission usingthe second UL transmission resources and configurations of the defaultcell or default carrier, the second UL transmission resources andconfigurations of the BWP configured as the default BWP, or the secondUL transmission resources and configurations of the cell or BWPconfigured for PUCCH transmission, among the second UL transmissionresources. If the BS configures the default cell, default carrier, ordefault BWP, if the BS transmits a UL control channel using a specificcell or BWP, or if the eNB configure a default cell, default carrier, ordefault BWP via higher layer signaling, this may indicate that the BSintends to use a supplementary cell, carrier, or BWP in addition to thecell, carrier, or BWP. Thus, the UE may preferentially perform thesecond UL transmission using the second UL transmission resources of thedefault cell, default carrier, or default BWP.

-   -   Method B: The UE may determine a second UL transmission type and        resources according to the configured second UL transmission        scheme type. If all of the second UL transmission configurations        fall into the same second UL transmission type, the UE may        select the second UL transmission using at least one of the        methods of the present disclosure.

In Method B, the UE may prefer the second UL transmission scheme of atype activating the second UL transmission and resources using a DLcontrol channel among the second UL transmission types configured asabove and perform the second UL transmission using the second ULtransmission resources configured in the corresponding second ULtransmission scheme. The second UL transmission type activating thesecond UL transmission and its resources using the DL control channel inwhich the configured second UL transmission and resources are activatedby a DL control signal transmitted by the BS may be preferentiallyselected in comparison with the second UL transmission type activatingthe second UL transmission and its resources without the DL controlchannel such that the UE performs the second UL transmission in thepreferentially selected type. The UE may also select the second ULtransmission type activating the second UL transmission and itsresources with no DL control channel to perform the second ULtransmission in the preferentially selected type.

-   -   Method C: The UE may perform the second UL transmission on the        second UL transmission resources with a short scheduled interval        among the configured second UL transmission. If the short        interval is used, the UE may select the second UL transmission        using one of the methods of the present disclosure.

In Method C, the BS may configure the second UL transmission resourceswith the short scheduled interval (or semiPersistSchedInterval) in orderfor the UE to perform the second UL transmission more quickly forsupporting low-latency services. The low-latency high reliabilityservices are assigned a priority higher than those of other services soas to be well-supported. Thus, the UE may perform the second ULtransmission on the second UL transmission resources with the shortscheduled interval preferentially among the second UL transmissionsscheduled. When the UE performs the second UL transmission on the secondUL transmission resources with the short scheduled interval, the secondUL transmission on the second UL transmission resources with a longscheduled interval is more delayed until the next resources becomesavailable, and thus, if necessary, the UE may perform the second ULtransmission on the second UL transmission resources with the longscheduled interval.

-   -   Method D: The UE may perform the second UL transmission on the        resources available for the initial transmission among the        overlapped second UL transmission resources. If all of the        overlapped second UL transmission resources are the resources        available for the initial transmission, the UE may select the        second UL transmission using one of the methods of the present        disclosure.

In Method D, the UE configured to perform the repetitive transmissionmay determine the second UL transmission and its resources determined asthe resources available for the initial resources, according to theinitial transmission determination method of the present disclosure.That is, the UE may preferentially select the resources configured fortransmitting the second UL signal with RV=0 (or RV=3) among the secondUL transmission resources and transmit the second UL signal on selectedresources. Therefore, when the second UL transmissions are activated inthe overlapped manner, the UE may select the resources configured fortransmission with RV=0 (or RV=3) and perform the second UL transmissionon the selected resources.

Prioritizing RV=0 or RV=3 results in prioritizing a self-decodable RV,and thus, it may also be possible to prioritize another RV value. Forexample, if the UE is configured to use the RV sequence {0, 2, 3, 1},the UE may always perform the initial transmission of the UL signal onlyon the first resources during the second UL transmission resourceperiod. If the UE is configured to use the RV sequence {0, 3, 0, 3}, theUE may always perform the initial transmission of the UL signal only onthe first and second resources during the second L transmission resourceperiod. If the UE is configured to use the RV sequence {0, 0, 0, 0}, theUE may always perform the initial transmission of the UL signal on allof the resources during the second UL transmission resource period. Whenthe UE is configured to use the RV sequence {0, 0, 0, 0}, if the numberof repetitive transmissions including the initial transmission is set to8, the UE may always perform the initial transmission of the UL signalon the resources within the first to seventh resources during the secondUL transmission resource period.

-   -   Method E: The UE may be configured with a priority order via        higher layer signaling.

In Method E, there are multiple activated resources on which the UE iscapable of performing the second UL transmission at a specific time orslot, and the UE may receive priority order information for use inprioritizing the resources for the second UL transmission from the BS.The UE may also determine the resources to be used preferentially forthe second UL transmission based on a quality of service (QoS) of thedata to be transmitted through the second UL transmission or priority oflogical channel of the transmission.

-   -   Method F: The UE may perform the second UL transmission on the        resources with at least one preconfigured symbol among the        second UL transmission resources.

When there are multiple activated resources on which the UE is capableof performing the second UL transmission at a specific time or slot, theUE may determine the resources for the second UL transmission based onat least one of the Method A to Method F. The BS may attempt to receivea signal on all of the activated second UL transmission resourcesincluding UL and SUL, regardless of where the UE transmits a UL signal,in order to determine whether the UE performs a second UL transmission.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second UL transmission method of aBS according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step 710, the BS configures a UE to perform a ULsignal transmission using at least one UL transmission scheme for use inUL transmission of the BS or cell via at least one of a higher layersignal, a broadcast channel, and a DL control channel.

In step 710, the configuration information of at least one of the timeresource region and frequency resource region in the resources forperforming the second UL transmission, DMRS sequence for use in the ULtransmission, DMRS-related information, such as DMRS cyclic shift, andUCI detection resources for configuring retransmissions of the second ULtransmission or PDCCH search space region information may be transmittedalong with the interval of the second UL transmission resources. Forexample, such information may be transmitted or configured to the UE viaat least one of a higher layer signal, a broadcast channel, and a DLcontrol channel. The UE may also receive all or part of variables for ULtransmission configuration, which include the time and frequencyresource regions, MCS information for use in the second UL transmission,a TTI length, a second UL transmission start symbol in a slot, channelaccess procedure-related configuration information for the second ULtransmission for an unlicensed band transmission, and candidate valuesselectable by the UE for variables or the above values, as well as thetime and frequency resource regions. When the UL transmissionconfiguration is of the unlicensed band, the BS may set the variablesrelated to the UL channel access procedure differently according to theUL transmission scheme configured in step 710.

In steps 720 and 730, the BS configures, to the UE, a number of HARQprocess IDs, HARQ process ID value and a number of repetitivetransmission K (here, K may include the initial transmission) for the ULtransmission in the second UL transmission scheme configured to the UEin step 710. Alternatively, steps 720 and 730 may be included in step710 such that the aforementioned information is configured ortransmitted to the UE.

In step 740, the BS determines whether the UE performs UL transmissionaccording to the UL transmission scheme configured through steps 710,720, and 730. If it is determined that the UE performs UL transmissionaccording to the configured scheme, the BS performs decoding on the ULtransmission to determine whether the UL signal is received correctly.If it is determined that the UL signal is received correctly, the BS mayavoid notifying the UE of the reception result, transmit, to the UE, theresult of the determination made in step 740 to indicate whether the ULsignal is received successfully, or transmit UL configurationinformation for configuring UL initial signal transmission according tothe first UL transmission scheme. If it is determined in step 740 thatthe UL signal transmitted by the UE is not received correctly, the BSmay configure retransmissions of the UL signal to the UE.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a second UL signal transmissionresource and repetitive transmission resource configuration method of aUE according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step 810, the UE receives configurationinformation from the BS, which includes at least UL transmission scheme(e.g., a first UL transmission scheme, a second UL transmission scheme,or a combination of first and second UL transmission scheme) for ULtransmission to the a BS or cell via at least one of a higher layersignal, a broadcast channel, and a DL control channel.

In step 820, the UE is configured with the configuration informationreceived from the BS, which includes variable values for UL transmissionin the UL transmission scheme configured in step 810. For example, theUE configured with the second UL transmission method may receive all orpart of the variables for configuring the UL transmission, the variablesincluding a time resource region and a frequency resource region forperforming the second UL transmission configured by the BS, DMRS-relatedinformation such as DMRS sequence and DMRS cyclic shift for use in theUL transmission, resource region configuration information for at leastone of UCI detection resources for configuring retransmission of thesecond UL transmission and a PDCCH search space region, an MCS for useby the UE in the second UL transmission, a cyclic shift, a TTI length, asecond UL transmission start symbol in a slot, configuration informationrelated to channel access procedure for the second UL transmission, andcandidate values of the variables that can be selected by the UE. Atleast one of the variables related to the UL channel access procedureconfigured in step 820 may differ according to at least one of the ULtransmission scheme configured in step 810, UL transmission band, andframe structure type of the band for use in the UL transmission.

In step 820, the UE may be further configured with a HARQ process IDvalue, a number of HARQ process IDs, and a number of repetitivetransmission (K) for the UL transmission being performed in the secondUL transmission scheme.

In step 830, the UE determines the UL transmission resource for use inthe second UL transmission scheme based on the confirmation values andEquations (1) and (2) above.

If it is determined in step 840 that both the number of HARQ process IDsand the number of repetitive transmissions including the initialtransmission, which are configured in step 820, are greater than 1, orif both the number of HARQ process IDs and the number of repetitivetransmissions including the initial transmission and if the RV for thetransmission is set to 0, in step 860, the UE performs the transmissionon the resources with one HARQ process ID among the UL resourcesconfigured in the second UL transmission scheme. That is, the second ULtransmission scheme-based transmission is not performed with differentHARQ process IDs, as illustrated in part (b) of FIG. 6A or part (d) ofFIG. 6B.

That is, the resources for the initial transmission among the Ktransmissions may be designated in the second UL transmission scheme, asillustrated in part (b) of FIG. 6A. It may also be possible that some ofthe K transmissions take place in such a way that the UE performs therepetitive transmission on the resources configured with the HARQprocess ID identical to that for the initial transmission among the Ktransmissions, as illustrated in part (d) of FIG. 6B, although noresource for the initial transmission among the K transmissions isdesignated.

If it is determined in step 840, that at least one of the number of HARQprocess IDs configured in step 820 and the number of repetitivetransmissions including the initial transmission configured in step 820is not greater than or equal to 1, the UE determines that no resource isconfigured for use in the initial transmission among the K transmissionsin the second UL transmission scheme, and performs all of the Ktransmissions in step 850, as illustrated in part (c) of FIG. 6B.

FIG. 9 illustrates a BS according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9, the BS includes a receiver 910, a transmitter 920,and a processor 930. The receiver 910 and the transmitter 920 may becollectively referred to as a transceiver. The transceiver may transmitand receive signals to and from a UE. The signals may include controlinformation and data. The transceiver may include a radio frequency (RF)transmitter for frequency-up-converting and amplifying a signal to betransmitted and an RF receiver for low-noise-amplifying andfrequency-down-converting a received signal. The transceiver may outputthe signal received over a radio channel to the processor 930 andtransmit the signal output from the processor 930 over the radiochannel.

The processor 930 may control overall operations of the BS. For example,the processor 930 may determine a second signal transmission timing andcontrol to generate the second signal transmission timing information tobe transmitted to the UE. The transmitter 920 may transmit the timinginformation to the UE, and the receiver 910 may receive the secondsignal at the timing.

As an another example, the processor 930 may make a configuration forthe UE to perform UL transmission with at least of the first and secondUL transmission scheme and transmit, to the UE, the UL transmissionconfiguration information including the UL channel access proceduredefined according to the configured UL transmission scheme by using thetransmitter 910. The processor 930 may control to generate DL controlinformation (DCI) including second signal transmission timinginformation. In this case, the DCI may indicate the inclusion of thesecond transmission timing information.

FIG. 10 illustrates a UE according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 10, the UE includes a receiver 1010, a transmitter1020, and a processor 1030. The receiver 1010 and the transmitter 1020may be collectively referred to as a transceiver. The transceiver maytransmit and receive signals to and from a BS. The signals may includecontrol information and data. The transceiver may include an RFtransmitter for frequency-up-converting and amplifying a signal to betransmitted and an RF receiver for low-noise-amplifying andfrequency-down-converting a received signal. The transceiver may measurethe strength of the signal received over a radio channel and outputs thesignal to the processor 1030, which compares the received signalstrength with a predetermined threshold value to perform a channelaccess operation, and transmit the signal output from the processor 1030over the radio channel according to the channel access operation result.The transmitter may also receive a signal over the radio channel andoutput the signal to the processor 1030 and transmit a signal outputfrom the processor 1030 over the radio channel.

The processor 1030 may control overall operations of the UE. Forexample, the processor 1030 may control the receiver 1010 to receive asignal including the second signal transmission timing information andinterpret the second signal transmission timing information. Thereafter,the transmitter 1020 may transmit the second signal at the timing.

As described above, various embodiments of the present disclosure areadvantageous in terms of transmitting data of different types ofservices efficiently in a communication system. Also, the variousembodiments of the present disclosure are advantageous in terms ofsatisfying service-specific requirements, reducing transmission timedelay, and facilitating use of at least one of frequency-time andspatial resources and transit power by providing a method of allowingcoexistence of data transmissions of homogeneous services orheterogeneous services.

Although various embodiments of the disclosure have been described usingspecific terms, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in anillustrative rather than a restrictive sense in order to help understandthe present disclosure. It is obvious to those skilled in the art thatvarious modifications and changes can be made thereto without departingfrom the broader spirit and scope of the disclosure. If necessary, theembodiments may be combined in whole or in part. For example, some ofembodiments of the present disclosure may be combined to form anembodiment for the operations of a BS and a terminal. Although theembodiments are directed to an NR system, they may also be applied toother systems, such as FDD and TDD LTE systems, to form otheralternative embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe present disclosure.

While the present disclosure has been particularly shown and describedwith reference to certain embodiments thereof, it will be understood bythose of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form anddetails may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the present disclosure as defined by the following claims and theirequivalents.

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 2. A method performed by a terminal in a wirelesscommunication system, the method comprising: identifying information ona number of repetitive transmissions, redundancy version information,period information, and offset information for a grant-free uplink (UL)transmission; identifying a resource among resources for the number ofrepetitive transmissions as an initial transmission; and performing theinitial transmission of UL data on the identified resource, wherein theidentified resource is one among first F resources, except for apredetermined number of resources, where F is a natural number, whereinthe first F resources and the predetermined number of resources areassociated with redundancy version (RV) 0, and wherein a number of thefirst F resources and the predetermined number of resources isdetermined based on the number of the repetitive transmissions.
 3. Themethod of claim 2, wherein the redundancy version information indicatesan RV sequence 0-0-0-0.
 4. The method of claim 2, further comprisingperforming a repeated transmission of the UL data, wherein the initialtransmission and the repeated transmission of the UL data are associatedwith a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier(ID).
 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of repetitivetransmissions is one of 2, 4, or
 8. 6. The method of claim 2, whereinthe offset information is based on a system frame number (SFN)
 0. 7. Amethod performed by a base station in a wireless communication system,the method comprising: transmitting information on a number ofrepetitive transmissions, redundancy version information, periodinformation, and offset information for a grant-free uplink (UL)transmission; and receiving an initial transmission of UL data on aresource among resources for the number of repetitive transmissions,wherein the resource is one among first F resources, except for apredetermined number of resources, where F is a natural number, whereinthe first F resources and the predetermined number of resources areassociated with redundancy version (RV) 0, and wherein a number of thefirst F resources and the predetermined number of resources isdetermined based on the number of the repetitive transmissions.
 8. Themethod of claim 7, wherein the redundancy version information indicatesan RV sequence 0-0-0-0.
 9. The method of claim 7, further comprisingreceiving a repeated transmission of the UL data, wherein the initialtransmission and the repeated transmission of the UL data are associatedwith a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier(ID).
 10. The method of claim 7, wherein the number of repetitivetransmissions is one of 2, 4, or
 8. 11. The method of claim 7, whereinthe offset information is based on a system frame number (SFN)
 0. 12. Aterminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: atransceiver; and a controller coupled with the transceiver andconfigured to: identify information on a number of repetitivetransmissions, redundancy version information, period information, andoffset information for a grant-free uplink (UL) transmission, identify aresource among resources for the number of repetitive transmissions asan initial transmission, and perform the initial transmission of UL dataon the identified resource, wherein the identified resource is one amongfirst F resources, except for a predetermined number of resources, whereF is a natural number, wherein the first F resources and thepredetermined number of resources are associated with redundancy version(RV) 0, and wherein a number of the first F resources and thepredetermined number of resources is determined based on the number ofthe repetitive transmissions.
 13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein theredundancy version information indicates an RV sequence 0-0-0-0.
 14. Theterminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured toperform a repeated transmission of the UL data, and wherein the initialtransmission and the repeated transmission of the UL data are associatedwith a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier(ID).
 15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the number of repetitivetransmissions is one of 2, 4, or
 8. 16. The method of claim 12, whereinthe offset information is based on a system frame number (SFN)
 0. 17. Abase station in a wireless communication system, the base stationcomprising: a transceiver; and a controller coupled with the transceiverand configured to: transmit information on a number of repetitivetransmissions, redundancy version information, period information, andoffset information for a grant-free uplink (UL) transmission, andreceive an initial transmission of UL data on a resource among resourcesfor the number of repetitive transmissions, wherein the resource is oneamong first F resources, except for a predetermined number of resources,where F is a natural number, wherein the first F resources and thepredetermined number of resources are associated with redundancy version(RV) 0, and wherein a number of the first F resources and thepredetermined number of resources is determined based on the number ofthe repetitive transmissions.
 18. The base station of claim 17, whereinthe redundancy version information indicates an RV sequence 0-0-0-0. 19.The base station of claim 17, wherein the controller is furtherconfigured to receive a repeated transmission of the UL data, andwherein the initial transmission and the repeated transmission of the ULdata are associated with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)process identifier (ID).
 20. The base station of claim 17, wherein thenumber of repetitive transmissions is one of 2, 4, or
 8. 21. The basestation of claim 17, wherein the offset information is based on a systemframe number (SFN) 0.